Jaylen Brown vs. Jalen Brunson Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jalen Brunson and Jaylen Brown, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Jaylen Brown played 10 years in the NBA, 2 more than Jalen Brunson, who played 8. Jaylen Brown had the first of his seasons in 2016-17, while Jalen Brunson had his rookie season in 2018-19. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achievements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Rookie Season
	Jaylen Brown	Jalen Brunson
Season	2016-17	2018-19
Team	Boston Celtics	Dallas Mavericks
Honors & Awards	All-Rookie Second Team	-
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Did Not Play

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Rookie Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	78	17.2	6.6	0.6	2.2	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.9	1.8	2.5	5.4	.454	0.6	1.7	.341	1.1	1.6	.685
difference:	+5	+4.6	+2.7	+0.3	+0.2	+0.5	+2.4	+0.1	+0.1	-0.3	-0.1	+1.1	+2.3	+.013	+0.3	+0.8	+.007	+0.1		+.040
Jalen Brunson	73	21.8	9.3	0.3	2.0	2.3	3.2	0.5	0.1	1.2	1.7	3.6	7.7	.467	0.9	2.5	.348	1.2	1.6	.725
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	17	12.6	5.0	0.7	1.4	2.1	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.8	1.5	2.0	4.2	.479	0.3	1.4	.217	0.7	1.1	.667
Jalen Brunson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season 5
	Jaylen Brown	Jalen Brunson
Season	2020-21	2022-23
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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5th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	58	34.5	24.7	1.2	4.8	6.0	3.4	1.2	0.6	2.7	2.9	9.3	19.2	.484	2.8	7.1	.397	3.3	4.3	.764
difference:	+10	+0.5	+0.7	+0.6	+1.8	+2.5	+2.8	+0.3	+0.4	-0.6	-0.7	+0.7	+1.6	+.007	+0.8	+2.4	+.019	+1.5	+1.5	+.065
Jalen Brunson	68	35.0	24.0	0.6	3.0	3.5	6.2	0.9	0.2	2.1	2.2	8.6	17.6	.491	2.0	4.7	.416	4.8	5.8	.829
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jalen Brunson	11	40.3	27.8	0.8	4.1	4.9	5.6	1.5	0.1	2.1	2.4	9.9	20.9	.474	2.4	7.3	.325	5.6	6.2	.912

Season 6
	Jaylen Brown	Jalen Brunson
Season	2021-22	2023-24
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost NBA Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Semis

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6th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	66	33.6	23.6	0.8	5.3	6.1	3.5	1.1	0.3	2.7	2.5	8.7	18.4	.473	2.5	7.0	.358	3.7	4.8	.758
difference:	+11	+1.8	+5.1	+0.2	+2.2	+2.5	+3.2	+0.2	+0.1	-0.3	-0.6	+1.6	+3.0	+.006	+0.2	+0.2	+.043	+1.8	+1.7	+.089
Jalen Brunson	77	35.4	28.7	0.6	3.1	3.6	6.7	0.9	0.2	2.4	1.9	10.3	21.4	.479	2.7	6.8	.401	5.5	6.5	.847
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	24	38.3	23.1	1.4	5.5	6.9	3.5	1.1	0.4	3.1	3.0	8.2	17.5	.470	2.5	6.7	.373	4.2	5.5	.763
difference:	+11	+1.5	+9.3	+0.8	+2.8	+3.6	+4.0	+0.3	+0.2	-0.4	-1.0	+3.4	+8.7	+.026	+0.5	+0.2	+.063	+3.0	+3.7	+.012
Jalen Brunson	13	39.8	32.4	0.6	2.7	3.3	7.5	0.8	0.2	2.7	2.0	11.6	26.2	.444	2.0	6.5	.310	7.2	9.2	.775

Season 7
	Jaylen Brown	Jalen Brunson
Season	2022-23	2024-25
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	All-NBA Second Team	All-NBA Second Team
	-	Clutch Player of the Year
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Celtics Lost East Conf Finals	Knicks Lost East Conf Finals

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7th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	67	35.9	26.6	1.2	5.7	6.9	3.5	1.1	0.4	2.9	2.6	10.1	20.6	.491	2.4	7.3	.335	3.9	5.1	.765
difference:	+2	+0.5	+0.6	+0.8	+3.2	+4.0	+3.8	+0.2	+0.3	-0.4	-0.5	+1.1	+2.1	+.003	+0.1	+1.2	+.048	+1.8	+1.8	+.056
Jalen Brunson	65	35.4	26.0	0.4	2.5	2.9	7.3	0.9	0.1	2.5	2.1	9.0	18.5	.488	2.3	6.1	.383	5.7	6.9	.821
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	20	37.6	22.7	1.3	4.4	5.6	3.4	1.1	0.4	3.3	3.1	9.1	18.3	.496	2.0	5.7	.354	2.6	3.7	.689
difference:	+2	+0.2	+6.7	+0.6	+1.6	+2.2	+3.6	+0.7	+0.1	-0.2	-0.2	+1.0	+3.5	+.035	+0.7	+1.7	+.004	+4.1	+4.1	+.162
Jalen Brunson	18	37.8	29.4	0.7	2.8	3.4	7.0	0.4	0.3	3.1	3.3	10.1	21.8	.461	2.7	7.4	.358	6.7	7.8	.851

Season 8
	Jaylen Brown	Jalen Brunson
Season	2023-24	2025-26
Team	Boston Celtics	New York Knicks
Honors & Awards	Finals MVP	-
	-	Cup MVP
	All-Star Game	-
Playoffs	NBA Champion	Did Not Play
Others	-	NBA Cup Champion

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8th Season Stats Comparison
Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	70	33.5	23.0	1.2	4.3	5.5	3.6	1.2	0.5	2.4	2.6	9.0	17.9	.499	2.1	5.9	.354	3.0	4.3	.703
difference:	+46	+1.5	+5.7	+0.6	+1.6	+2.2	+2.8	+0.4	+0.4	-0.1	-0.2	+1.2	+3.2	+.015	+0.7	+1.5	+.022	+2.5	+2.2	+.131
Jalen Brunson	24	35.0	28.7	0.6	2.7	3.3	6.4	0.8	0.1	2.3	2.4	10.2	21.1	.484	2.8	7.4	.376	5.5	6.5	.834
Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Jaylen Brown	19	37.2	23.9	1.2	4.8	5.9	3.3	1.2	0.6	2.7	2.7	9.2	17.8	.516	1.9	5.8	.327	3.6	5.4	.660
Jalen Brunson	DNP	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Additional Years
* Jaylen Brown played 2 seasons more than Jalen Brunson in the NBA. In that period—his seasons 9 to 10, from 2025 to 2026—Jaylen Brown played in one postseason. In those 2 extra years over Jalen Brunson, Jaylen Brown got these achievements:
Honors & Awards	1 All-Star Game